Muskegon News

A Muskegon County program that puts teens to work during the summer will continue this season despite a deep cut in its funding related to federal sequestration.

North Muskegon Police Chief Tom Korabik confirmed Wednesday, June 19, that officers Erin Baerman and Robert Brezina were terminated on May 28 from the police department for "violation of rules and regulations."

With a bill to improve Michigan's indigent defense system just passed by the Legislature, Muskegon County's effort to improve its own system has passed its first milestone.

A Muskegon defense lawyer who previously had his law license suspended following a conviction for crack cocaine has pleaded guilty to new cocaine charges.

A greater number of schools-of-choice students and concessions from teachers are part of Mona Shores Public Schools' plan to meet budget targets for 2013-14.

A warrant has been signed charging Toney Lee Bailey with carrying a weapon with unlawful intent, according to Muskegon County Chief Assistant Prosecutor Timothy Maat.

A fight over 50 cents and a cigarette resulted in a Muskegon woman's finger being bitten off and spit out in a front yard Monday evening on Southern Avenue.

There was no plea or sentencing agreement with the Muskegon County Prosecutor's Office, and no sentence-cap commitment from the judge.

No story last year captured the imagination of MLive and Muskegon Chronicle readers like the demolition, clean up and redevelopment of the former Sappi paper mill property on Muskegon Lake.

The next couple of days in the Muskegon area are going to be sunny and warm, according to the National Weather Service.

Congratulations to Carla Rentas of Muskego who submitted a photo taken at Holland State Park in Michigan that was judged by our panel to be the best picture of more than 100 submissions to our Michigan Memories photo contest, sponsored by the Lake Express High Speed Ferry.

A new environmentally-themed Montessori charter school is planning to open in Norton Shores this fall, serving pre-kindergartners through sixth-graders.

The average cost of gas in the Muskegon area is finally back below the $4 mark after refinery problems earlier this season purportedly caused a sharp increase in prices.

Muskegon County companies L-3 and Howmet Castings are among those doing business with the U.S. Department of Defense, according to a U.S. senator.

Downtown Muskegon is about to get a little more colorful with the painting of a 12-foot-wide and 20-foot-high wall mural this week on a West Western Avenue building.

Healthy lunches of a cold salad of brown rice, carrots, organic broccoli and chicken mixed with a light vinaigrette dressing and fresh strawberries and a piece of chocolate chip zucchini bread await storage and transportation to a school in Muskegon, Mich., Sept.24, 2012.

McPherson, 19, was shot dead Nov. 28, 2010, on the streets of Muskegon. In court Monday morning, Sullivan told the man being sentenced for the murder, 28-year-old Maurice Darnell Clemons , what that meant to a father.

Arcemia Victoria-Rena Stailey, 33, of Muskegon, two days Muskegon County Jail , one year probation for controlled substance delivery less than 50 grams, habitual third, $648 fees/costs.

Several Muskegon-area police agencies bucked the statewide trend of slightly declining drunken-driving arrests last year, most notably the biggest: the Muskegon Police Department.

The multimedia staff of MLive and the Muskegon Chronicle spent an exciting week of coverage at the annual Miss Michigan's Outstanding Teen and Miss Michigan pageants, and took many photos to include in this best-of slideshow.